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Big 12 Conference
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The Big 12 Conference is a ten-school collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas. Its ten members, located in Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, additionally, the Big 12 has ten affiliate members, six for the sport of wrestling, one for womens gymnastics, and 3 for womens rowing. The Big 12 Conference is a 501 nonprofit organization incorporated in Delaware, the Big 12 was formerly composed of 12 schools, hence its name, it was formed in 1996 when four schools from the collapsing Southwest Conference joined with the pre-existing Big Eight Conference. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were grouped with the four newcomers in the Big 12 South, TCU and West Virginia joined from the Mountain West and Big East Conferences respectively to offset two of the departing schools, bringing the conference to its current strength. Attempts to rename the Big 12 to reflect its current strength would lead to confusion with the current Big Ten Conference, the Big 12 Conference commissioner is Bob Bowlsby. Full members Assoc. member Other Conference The Big 12 Conference sponsors championship competition in ten mens, nonetheless, it is an open coed sport in NCAA college athletics, with mens, womens, and coed teams in all NCAA divisions competing against each other. TCU and West Virginia both field coed teams, through 2017, West Virginia with 19 national titles and TCU with two, together have won over half of the NCAA titles awarded since the inaugural NCAA championship in 1980. West Virginia also won four national titles. The Big 12 began athletic play in the fall of 1996, from its formation until 2011, its 12 members competed in two divisions. Between 2011 and 2012 four charter members left the conference while two joined in 2013. The Big 12 is unique among the current Power Five conferences in that it only has 10 members, despite the name, causing some confusion. From 1987 to 2015,12 or more members were required for a championship game. Former Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds and former football coach Mack Brown, along with Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops, critics argued it was a competitive advantage over other contract conferences. Conferences with a game have their division champions typically play one of their toughest games of the year in the last week of the regular season. Unlike the other Power 5 conferences in which a team plays a portion of the other teams in the conference each season. This theoretically allows for the declaration of a de facto champion without the need for a rematch between the top two teams in the conference. On June 3,2016, the conference announced it would reinstate the football game in the 2017 season. This followed the passage of a new NCAA rule allowing all FBS conferences to hold football championship games regardless of their membership numbers, the Big 12 population base is centered on the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, West Virginia and Iowa

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Big 12 Conference football
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The Big 12 Conference is a conference of 10 universities which participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Associations Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football. The conference was formed in 1994 but did not begin play until the fall of 1996. The first game in play was the 1996 Texas Tech vs. Kansas State football game. No.21 Kansas State won by a score of 21–14, * Note the official capacities are listed on the respective schools websites. Due to temporary seating, the records are often more than the official capacity. When the league was formed, it was decided that the top team from the South Division would play the top team from the North Division at the end of the season to determine the conference champion. Until the 2011 season, teams played eight conference games a season, facing all five opponents within its own division and this format came under considerable criticism, especially from fans at Nebraska and Oklahoma, who were denied a yearly matchup between two of college footballs most storied programs. The Oklahoma–Nebraska rivalry was one of the most intense rivalries in football history. The Championship game was removed from the schedule, the Big 12 Championship Game was held by the Big 12 Conference each year until 2010. The championship game pitted the Big 12 North Division champion against the Big 12 South Division champion in a game held after the season has been completed. The first championship game was held during the 1996 season in St. Louis, the 2009 and 2010 games were played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. With the loss of Nebraska to the Big Ten and Colorado to the Pac-12, Note, † Denotes team received BCS Bowl Berth or CFP playoff berth. Italicized= Shared title * = Former members Effective June 2015, the conference introduced tiebreaking procedures in the event of a tie between two or more teams, if two teams are tied, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the champion. If three or more teams are tied, steps 1 through 4 will be followed until a determination is made, once a team has been eliminated from a multi-team comparison, it is dropped from further comparisons. If only two teams tied after any step, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the Champion. If more than a tie exists among the next highest placed teams. Scoring differential among the tied teams, the team with the lowest difference between points scored and points allowed in games vs. the tied teams are eliminated from consideration. The representative will be chosen by draw, †The 2011–2012 football season was played with only 10 teams, following the departure of Colorado and Nebraska

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1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
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The 1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Nebraska participated in the very first Big 12 Championship Game by winning the North Division and they were upset by the unranked winners of the South Division, Texas. They still played in an Alliance bowl, the Orange Bowl, the following Nebraska players who participated in the 1996 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents

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Big 12 Championship Game
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The Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game held by the Big 12 Conference. The game was played each year since the formation in 1996 until 2010. From 1996 to 2010 the championship game pitted the Big 12 North Division champion against the South Division champion in a game held after the season was completed. The Big 12 South led the series 11–4 and outscored the Big 12 North 463–324 in the 15 years the game was held, however, the North division champion did not win after #13 Kansas States 35–7 upset victory over #1 Oklahoma in 2003. The first championship game was played after the 1996 regular season, like the SEC Championship Game, the game matched the winners of the conferences two six-team divisions. The championship game was held at sites within the Big 12 states, with Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 2008 Big 12 Championship Game was notable for the controversy over choosing the South Division representative, the Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns, and Texas Tech Red Raiders all finished with identical records and had each recorded a win and loss amongst one another. The Sooners earned a berth to the game because they had the highest Bowl Championship Series ranking of the three at the time of selection. Oklahoma defeated the Missouri Tigers and earned a berth in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game, from 2009 through 2013, the game was scheduled to be played at Cowboys Stadium, now known as AT&T Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. During June 2010, however, Nebraska and Colorado announced that they would leave the Big 12 for other conferences in 2011 and this led to plenty of criticism of how the Big 12 determined its champion. In April 2015, legislation was developed by the ACC and the Big 12 to deregulate conference championship games and it was announced by NCAA officials as being expected to pass in time for the start of the 2016 season. The legislation passed on January 14,2016 allowing a conference with fewer then twelve teams to stage a game between the top two teams so long as they play a round-robin schedule. In late 2016, the Big 12 decided to bring back the game in 2017. Rankings are from the AP Poll, baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech have yet to appear in a Big 12 Championship Game. TCU and West Virginia did not join the Big 12 until 2012, list of NCAA Division I FBS Conference Championship games

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1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
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The 1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. There was controversy whether this team should have been declared National Champions after finishing the season unbeaten. QB Scott Frost, 88/159 for 1,237 yards with 5 TD vs.4 INT.176 carries for 1,095 yards and 19 TD. RB Ahman Green,278 carries for 1,877 yards with 22 TD.16 catches for 151 yards and 0 TD, FB Joel Makovicka,105 carries for 685 yards and 9 TD. RB Correll Buckhalter,54 carries for 311 yards and 6 TD, WR Lance Brown,12 catches for 226 yards and 0 TD. WR Matt Davison,10 catches for 219 yards and 1 TD, Nebraska Head Coach Tom Osborne announced his retirement just prior to the 1998 Orange bowl, capping a remarkable career of success. The #2 Cornhuskers handily defeated the #3 Tennessee Volunteers 42-17, while #1 Michigan defeated #7 Washington State team 21-16. The voters apparently agreed, as Nebraska was ranked #1 in the final Coaches Poll, while Michigan retained their pre-bowl #1 ranking in the AP Poll, the 1997 Huskers set an NCAA record that still stands by scoring an average of 5.5 rushing touchdowns per game. The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1997 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents

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1997 Texas Longhorns football team
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The 1997 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division and they played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was led by head coach John Mackovic, who was fired after the conclusion of the regular season, ricky Williams 19 Rush,155 Yds

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1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
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The 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. This loss ended Nebraskas 40-game winning streak in scheduled conference games which dated back to 1992, first-year Head Coach Solich was new to the job title but still in his element, after having served as an assistant in varying capacities with Nebraska since 1975. Solich completed his season with a final record of 9–4. Nonetheless, Nebraska finished tied for 2nd place in the Big 12 North Division, the season was concluded by #14 Nebraska falling to #5 Arizona 20–23 at the Holiday Bowl. The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1998 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents

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1998 Texas Longhorns football team
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The 1998 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division and they played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was coached by head coach Mack Brown and he also helped beat longtime rival Oklahoma rushing for 166 rushing yards and two scores. He finished the game racking up 295 yards and he also broke the NCAA Division I-A career rushing touchdowns and career scoring records in 1998 with 73 and 452 respectively, and rushed for 200 or more yards in twelve different games. Williams won the 64th Heisman Trophy, becoming the second Texas Longhorn to win this honor, Williams was sometimes known as the Texas Tornado. The Longhorns finished the season with an 8–3 record and defeated #25 Mississippi State in the 1999 Cotton Bowl Classic. The following players were drafted into professional football following the season, Ricky Williams, Heisman Trophy Ricky Williams, Walter Camp Award Ricky Williams, Maxwell Award Ricky Williams, Doak Walker Award Ricky Williams, Consensus All-American

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1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
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The 1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Nebraska won its 43rd and final Big 12 championship this season by winning the Big 12 Championship Game over Texas, Nebraska failed to win a single conference title in its final 11 years in the Big 12 before moving to the Big Ten Conference in 2011. As of 2016, the 1999 Big 12 championship is Nebraskas most recent conference title victory, Nebraskas longtime Defensive Coordinator Charlie McBride retired after another season of success, helping Nebraska win the Big 12 Championship, with a final record of 12–1. McBrides retirement followed 22 years of storied service to the Cornhuskers, the season was concluded by #3 Nebraska defeating #6 Tennessee 31–21 at the Fiesta Bowl. Second-year Head Coach Frank Solichs career record improved to 21–5, the following Nebraska players who participated in the 1999 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents

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1999 Texas Longhorns football team
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The 1999 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division and they played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was coached by head coach Mack Brown, the Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–3 record and won the Big 12 South Championship. During the regular season, Texas upset #3 Nebraska in Austin, however, they lost a re-match with the Big 12 North Champions, Nebraska in the 1999 Big 12 Championship Game, 22–6. They were also defeated by former arch-rival Arkansas in the 2000 Cotton Bowl Classic, 27–6